Tuesday, June 9, 2026

DeStaged

We decided it was time to clear out our large "barn" building.  It was originally the church camp's sanctuary building that also had their cafeteria and industrial kitchen.  This is a pretty big project so we hired some friends to help us.  Clark and his friends, Zane and Zander Cabrera (I helped too :)).  We opened up the main doors so that we could bring the tractor to help with the demo.  We focused on the stage today and got it basically done.  

The first thing we had to do was move all of our stuff off the stage.  We had used it as storage for our home/office stuff since moving to East Texas.  Now that we are moved in our storage isn't quite as much, but it is surprising how much we still have stored ;(.  

By the end, we ended up with quite a bit of good wood!  
















 

Friday, June 5, 2026

Good-bye and Hello

We found an Expedition at an Auto Nation in North Fort Worth.  The price and miles were good and they gave us a good amount on Yvaine.  The deal was made and we brought home our new to us vehicle.  Welcome to the family Alfred!





 

Thursday, June 4, 2026

Yvaine

We have had my Ford Explorer, Yvaine, for just over a year.  She has been such a good car.  She get's great gas mileage and can fit 7 people!  We are in full wedding prep mode and trying to figure out the best way to travel and haul things.  We are looking at upgrading our Explorer to an Expedition.  It will be sad to lose Yvaine, but it looks like we haven't really left the large vehicle stage of life, like I thought.  
I got her all washed and cleaned out inside.  Hopefully we don't lose money selling her :/







 

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Baby Carrots

It was time to harvest our carrots.  Let's just say that we didn't thin them out well enough.  We got a lot of them, but they sure are small... like babies ;).  I guess it's a learning experience.  Hopefully we do better next year!